It is. All of them get grain, so I have to grain them to. One of them is on antibiotics so I have to watch him. Then there is a arthritic horse that I have to put the blanket on and off, depending on the weather. Also, I have to hand graze another because he foundered before. So...I'm pretty much taking about a hour or more when I go to feed the horses. The things I do for the spoiled brats...

I'm a stablehand at a reasonably large boarding property. If they're at capacity I'm feeding 16 to 18 horses a day, plus my own when I get home. It's pretty crazy. I'm the morning worker so I turn out, muck out, and feed hay and the 3 horses that get morning grain. Then I fill up hay bags and tidy up - all in 2 1/2 hours at most. There are only 5 stables so it's not as crazy as it sounds!

I only work weekends/Fridays, and I only work mornings, so if I was in school/studying I would have to fit it in anyway :)

I usually ride after work but presently my main riding horse is lame and my breaker's too young to ride much more than once or twice a week :/ ahhh, time to try to find a horse to exercise... can't afford to own or lease yet another horse so it's someone else's horse, or barely ride at all, until I can get Monty sound again...

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